Itinerari Sigillo

Sigillo and outskirts

Sigillo is a very ancient village, and the numerous recovered Roman finds show the importance that it had in the past, being situated along the Via Flaminia. In its proximity is visible an admirable a Roman work, the Ponte Sapiano, realised perhaps in the II century B.C., made of great stones to allow the crossing of the river Fonturci.

A second bridge is Scirca's, also called Bridge of the Pietronis because of the enormous rocks of which is composed. Such characteristic put it in Etruscan epoch, while recent investigations have also dated it around the II century.

The main square of the country is dominated from the City-hall, almost entirely restructured in 1802, as many other buildings of Sigillo, seriously damaged by a strong earthquake that in 1751 threatened the whole territory.

The Sant'Agostino Church rises on the foundations of the ancient church of Santa Caterina, embellished by a work of the illustrious autochthonous painter, Ippolito Borghese, the "Annunciation" of 1617.

Only one building the earthquake didn't damaged, this is the Church of Sant'Anna, in Renaissance style, now attached to the Cemetery, near the Via Flaminia. A marvellous portal in stone surmounted by a rose window embellish the façade, while at the inside can be admired notable frescos of Matteo da Gualdo.

Not too far from Sigillo is located one of the most ancient churches of the Commune, Santa Maria Assunta di Scirca dated around the XIII century, richly painted by three precious works of Matteo da Gualdo and from a fresco belonging to the school of the Perugino.